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Nader, Hayaux & Goebel

February 2018

Nader, Hayaux & Goebel (NHG) is a market leader in mergers and acquisitions; banking and finance; securities and capital markets; structured finance; insurance and reinsurance; project finance; real estate; energy and infrastructure; restructurings and workouts; government procurement; tax; telecoms; and antitrust. It is formed by 15 partners and more than 35 associates, and represents one of the largest groups of corporate finance experts in the Mexican market, who have been working together for more than 30 years.

NHG is the only Mexican law firm with an office in London. It has a strong focus on developing and pursuing business opportunities across Mexico, the UK and Europe. The firm also enjoys excellent working relationships with law firms in all major cities around the world.

The firm’s banking and finance practice group is one of the largest dedicated to this area of law. It involves a range of services, including corporate; commercial and syndicated lending; project finance; structured finance; capital markets; securitisation; equity offerings; equity funds; insurance; leasing; real estate finance; workouts; insolvencies and restructurings; and regulatory and transactional matters.

The mergers and acquisitions practice group represents Mexican and foreign clients in all aspects of M&A, including joint ventures, strategic alliances, stock and asset purchases, takeovers, shareholders’ disputes, corporate governance, regulatory matters, antitrust and foreign investment. The group has taken a number of companies private, having unique expertise in mergers and spin-offs of financial institutions.

The firm’s real estate work includes advice to parties in all types of transactions, including financing and securitisation; development of commercial, industrial and residential facilities; structuring of domestic and international funds, both private and publicly traded, including CKDs; acquisitions, sales and sale leasebacks; and private and public offerings of securities representing a real estate interest, including FIBRAs.

The insurance and reinsurance practice group has been advising and representing leading insurance and reinsurance companies around the world in Mexican and Latin American matters. The firm is a leader on the functional aspects of insurance operations, as well as on regulatory and transactional matters, and is experienced in dealing with administrative authorities.

The capital markets group is formed by specialists who regularly advise issuers, investors, broker dealers, credit enhancers and underwriters in international and domestic public and private offerings, including IPOs, as well as on disclosure, and insider trading issues and enforcement matters.

The workouts and insolvency practice group has advised secured and unsecured lenders in over $20 billion of restructurings and workouts. The firm has been involved in every aspect including strategic alliances, structuring, asset divestitures, leveraged buyouts, debt repurchases and refinancing.

The firm’s infrastructure and energy work has included the implementation of public-private partnerships (PPPs), Pemex-related transactions, project finance, toll road financings and construction, airport transactions, hospitals and other infrastructure industries.

Our antitrust practice group consists of a highly experienced team offering a wide range of services, from general antitrust consulting to merger control proceedings, investigations into monopolistic practices and proceedings, antitrust compliance consulting, advice on bidding and market conditions, and government entity advising.

Nominees have been selected based upon comprehensive, independent survey work with both general counsel and private practice lawyers worldwide. Only specialists who have met independent international research criteria are listed.